File photo of Pappu Yadav
Pappu Yadav, the Bihar lawmaker who allegedly misbehaved with an airhostess on board a flight yesterday is ready to apologise if his co-passengers think he behaved badly.
Mr Yadav had allegedly threatened to hit an airhostess with his slippers when she refused to clean some spilled food, forcing the pilot to call for security on a Jet Airways flight from Patna to Delhi.
"There were other passengers also but none of them did complain about my behaviour. If I have had misbehaved as it is being alleged, the other passengers would also have seen that. If even five passengers come and say I misbehaved, I am ready to apologise," said Mr Yadav.
The airhostess has complained to the airline management that Mr Yadav "unfastened his seat belt, manhandled her and pushed her aside to get out of the aircraft" after her refusal to clean the spilled food near the lawmaker's seat.
The airline stands by their staff, but maintains that no complaint has been filed, "Under the civil aviation regulations, the commander of the aircraft is fully empowered to file the complaint against unruly passengers on board with the authorities. In this case, however, no complaint has so far been filed by the pilot," an airline official said.
Mr Yadav claims this is a part of a political conspiracy; he was expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal due to anti-party activities last month.